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kleinbl00  ·  3940 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Leah McGrath Goodman: The Face Behind Bitcoin

Here's the thing: He picked pretty much the worst pseudonym imaginable if he actually wanted privacy. Considering he's got a unit of currency named after him, he's a public figure. There's no judge on the planet that would accuse you of invading the privacy of a man named Satoshi Nakamoto. Any number of journalists did stories on guys named "el Nino" during a particularly bad winter; the fact that this particular Satoshi Nakamoto turns out to be, well, Satoshi Nakamoto just makes it that much less of an invasion.